tailieunhanh - The Iron Heel

It cannot be said that the Everhard Manuscript is an important historical document. To the historian it bristles with errors—not errors of fact, but errors of interpretation. Looking back across the seven centuries that have lapsed since Avis Everhard completed her manuscript, events, and the bearings of events, that were confused and veiled to her, are clear to us. She lacked perspective. She was too close to the events she writes about. Nay, she was merged in the events she has described. Nevertheless, as a personal document, the Everhard Manuscript is of inestimable value. But here again enter error of perspective, and vitiation due to the bias of love | The Iron Heel London Jack Published 1908 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http 1 About London Jack London January 12 1876 - November 22 1916 was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for London The Call of the Wild 1903 The Sea Wolf 1904 The Little Lady of the Big House 1916 White Fang 1906 The Road 1907 The Son of the Wolf 1900 The Game 1905 Before Adam 1907 The Scarlet Plague 1912 South Sea Tales 1911 Copyright This work is available for countries where copyright is Life 70 and in the USA. Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Foreword It cannot be said that the Everhard Manuscript is an important historical document. To the historian it bristles with errors not errors of fact but errors of interpretation. Looking back across the seven centuries that have lapsed since Avis Everhard completed her manuscript events and the bearings of events that were confused and veiled to her are clear to us. She lacked perspective. She was too close to the events she writes about. Nay she was merged in the events she has described. Nevertheless as a personal document the Everhard Manuscript is of inestimable value. But here again enter error of perspective and vitiation due to the bias of love. Yet we smile indeed and forgive Avis Everhard for the heroic lines upon which she modelled her husband. We know today that he was not so colossal and that he loomed among the events of his times less largely than the Manuscript would lead us to believe. We know that Ernest Everhard was an exceptionally strong man but not so exceptional as his wife thought him to be. He was after all but one of a large number of heroes who throughout the .